The volcanic eruption that ravaged Pompeii in year 79 is one of the most famous in history. It is known how its victims died, but how did they live? A new insight into the lives of the people who lived in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius before its cataclysmic eruption.

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childh...
On the 8th September 1943, thousands of allied prisoners of war escaped into the Italian countryside...

The Kush Empire was an ancient superpower that dominated the Nile Valley and rivaled the Egyptians, ...

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...

The devious general Cethegus plays the Byzantine and Gothic forces against each other for his own ga...

A documentary that uncovers the careers of a population of entertainers never heard from before: Bla...

Casanova, a young patriot in 18th-century Sicily, upon learning that his father and sister have been...

Amanda Knox served four years in an Italian prison for the murder of her British flatmate Meredith K...

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar ...

At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leon...

From the legendary times of Romulus and Remus to the present day, the compelling story of the eterna...

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven wit...

A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betray...

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A...